A rich program of initiatives on the occasion of the handover of the Oscar del Cicloturismo (Cycle Tourism Oscar), the annual award given to green cycleways that promote sustainable tourism on two wheels. Lucca and Tuscany won this award in 2023 with the Puccini cycle-pedestrian route, a 51-kilometer route that links Lucca and Versilia to Viareggio and Lake Massacciucoli to retrace the places of the great world-famous composer from Lucca.

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From May 30 to June 1, the city will be a protagonist on the theme of cycle tourism and the most beautiful greenways for bicycle lovers.

Saturday 1 June at 9 p.m. award ceremony and entertainment event open to the public with journalist and writer Marino Bartoletti at the Auditorium del Suffragio - 'Luigi Boccherini' Music Conservatory.

The Ciclopedonale Puccini is a cycle path with music because dedicated signage provides access, via QR code, to musical accompaniment during the ride and to listen to suggested symphonies at selected points along the Serchio River, with pre-Apennine reliefs on the left and vineyards, olive groves and woods on the right, arriving at the Lipu Oasis nature reserve and Villa Puccini where the composer spent many years of his life. MORE INFO